Chapter 205: Seeking Reinforcements

Chapter 205: Chapter 205: Seeking Reinforcements

"The Clan Head!"

"It’s the Clan Head!"

"The Clan Head is here!"

The moment Fugaku appeared, the gathered Uchiha immediately felt as though they had found their pillar of support. In particular, those who had previously fought against Kamigami and knew firsthand just how terrifying the organization was visibly relaxed.

Taking in the uncertain and apprehensive expressions of his clansmen, Fugaku slowly descended from the tree and walked toward the scene with a dark expression.

Clutching his stomach, Sasuke got back to his feet and muttered, "Father..."

Seeing the tears still glistening in Sasuke’s eyes, Fugaku’s expression darkened even further.

There was no doubt that Sasuke’s behavior disappointed him greatly.

Crying was never an emotion a shinobi should display—much less a member of the proud Uchiha Clan.

Fugaku shifted his gaze toward Itachi, and his expression softened slightly.

Itachi’s performance, on the other hand, left him extremely satisfied.

From his secret observation, Fugaku had noticed that Itachi had remained calm and vigilant from beginning to end. Even while questioning Sasuke, his thoughts had remained perfectly clear, and every question he asked went straight to the crucial points.

"As expected of my son!"

After inwardly praising Itachi, Fugaku frowned at Sasuke and ordered, "Wipe away your tears!"

Sasuke hurriedly wiped his tears away, but the grievance on his face was impossible to hide.

Fugaku coldly instructed, "Tell me everything you saw and heard. Don’t leave out a single detail!"

Wanting to prove himself in front of his father, Sasuke hurriedly recounted everything he had witnessed in detail.

As he listened to Sasuke’s account, Fugaku pondered inwardly, "The one wearing the flame-patterned mask who attacked Hideki should be Kamigami’s Homura. As for the one beside him wearing the demon mask... he matches the intelligence we have on Yama, the leader of Kamigami..."

Fugaku glanced at Sasuke again and asked, "Why didn’t they attack you?"

Sasuke pouted. "The guy wearing the demon mask punched me really hard!"

Fugaku remained unmoved. Instead, he fixed Sasuke with a cold, piercing stare.

Under his father’s gaze, Sasuke could only lower his head and reluctantly admit, "That... that guy wearing the demon mask said that since I haven’t awakened the Sharingan, I... I wasn’t even qualified to die by his hand."

Fugaku’s gaze deepened.

"So they’re after the Sharingan? Then did they intercept Hideki here by coincidence... or was this planned from the beginning?"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The sound of figures cutting through the air rang out from time to time as more and more Konoha shinobi arrived at the scene. Even the ANBU had been alerted.

Shisui, who had already changed out of his disguise, took a long detour before blending into the crowd as an ordinary member of the Uchiha Clan and arriving at the scene.

At that moment, Uchiha Ryota also arrived.

Upon hearing that his elder brother, Uchiha Hideki, had been attacked, Ryota was both shocked and furious. He hurriedly said to Fugaku, "Clan Head, please organize a rescue team! We have to save Hideki!"

Fugaku swept his gaze across everyone present and ordered, "Shisui, Ryota, and the First Squad of the Police Force—you’ll come with me to pursue the enemy and rescue Hideki! Itachi, report the situation here to Lord Hokage and request support from the village!"

Faced with Homura, who possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan, as well as Yama, the leader of Kamigami who was capable of suppressing even Homura, Fugaku still wasn’t completely confident despite having gathered Shisui and the elites of the Police Force.

After all, Kamigami also had the formidable Kawa, not to mention whatever other members the organization might have.

Thus, even someone as proud as Fugaku had no choice but to request reinforcements from the Third Hokage.

Upon hearing that their Clan Head intended to seek the Third Hokage’s aid, the gathered Uchiha clansmen instinctively frowned.

But when they thought about just how terrifying Kamigami was, they had to admit that Fugaku’s arrangement was the safest course of action.

After all, until the day they actually launched their rebellion, the Uchiha Clan was still a part of Konoha.

......

Inside Hyuga Kagami’s secret prison.

Uchiha Hideki slowly opened his eyes.

A moment later, he abruptly realized that he had been bound to a stone pillar. Worse still, he couldn’t muster even the slightest bit of strength throughout his entire body.

At that moment, a figure stepped out from a dark corner and muttered to himself, "You woke up this quickly? Is it because of your constitution... or did I not use enough anesthetic?"

Uchiha Hideki glared furiously at the figure before him and roared, "What are you trying to do?!"

The figure was naturally Hyuga Kagami.

Kagami looked Hideki up and down before calmly saying, "I’m very interested in the Uchiha Clan’s Sharingan. I hope you’ll cooperate with me on a few small experiments."

"Hmph, another ignorant fool coveting the power of our Sharingan!" Hideki snorted before roaring, "You have no idea what you’ve gotten yourself into! The Uchiha Clan will never let you go! Just wait—we’ll tear out your tendons and skin you alive!"

As he spoke, Uchiha Hideki began struggling with all his might. The pitch-black pupils in his eyes transformed into a blood-red scarlet, revealing his Sharingan!

Kagami, who had deliberately been trying to provoke Hideki all along, smiled faintly.

"You seem rather angry."

Hideki roared, "What the hell did you do to me?! Why can’t I use any strength?!"

In the casual tone of someone making idle conversation, Kagami replied, "Nothing much. I just injected you with a little paralytic. Though it’s worth mentioning that your body’s resistance to the drug is higher than I expected. I thought you’d be completely unable to move by now."

Hideki stopped struggling. Panting heavily, he asked, "If you want my Sharingan, why haven’t you taken them yet?"

Just as Kagami was about to answer, the three tomoe within Hideki’s Sharingan suddenly began spinning rapidly.

In an instant, Kagami felt a strange chakra invading his mind, and the Tenseigan within his eye sockets immediately erupted with brilliant light!

"Did it work?"

Hideki stared fixedly at Kagami behind the demon mask, his heart practically lodged in his throat.

Kagami glanced at the expectant Hideki and chuckled.

"Not a bad genjutsu. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work on me."

Hideki’s eyes widened as he muttered in disbelief, "How can that be?! You... how can you resist the genjutsu of my Sharingan?"

"The Sharingan isn’t invincible. Why shouldn’t I be able to resist it?" Kagami smiled before continuing, "When you awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan someday, you can try again. Maybe then it’ll actually work!"

After his initial outburst of rage, Uchiha Hideki gradually calmed down.

"If I ever awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, the first person I’ll kill will be you!"

"I look forward to that day."

With that, Kagami slowly stepped forward and began forming hand seals.

Hideki frowned. "What are you doing now?"

After completing the seals, Kagami pressed one hand against Hideki’s chest and shouted softly,

"Four Symbols Seal—Seal!"

In an instant, sealing formulas of the Four Symbols Seal appeared across Hideki’s chest before rapidly spreading outward.

In the blink of an eye, the sealing formulas had spread across his entire body.

Realizing that his chakra had been completely sealed away, Hideki exclaimed in shock,

"Why do you know the village’s Four Symbols Seal?!"